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Swaziland

Royal Swaziland Police Service

His Majesty King Mswati III inspecting CID officers

Created in 1907, the Royal Swaziland Police is part of the Prime Minister’s office. The Police Commissioner is responsible for its administration and is directly accountable to the King of Swaziland, who acts as the Commissioner-in-Chief of the Police.

Vision

Creating a secure and peaceful environment permitting all to live free of the fear of crime.

Objectives

To maintain peace and public order;

To prevent and detect crime;

To control traffic and reduce accidents;

To pursue and apprehend offenders and bring them to justice;

To execute court summons and subpoenas;

To enforce state law;

To collate information on internal state security;

To provide security to Royalty and VIPs.

INTERPOL Mbabane

The INTERPOL National Central Bureau (NCB) for Swaziland is the exclusive Royal Swaziland Police platform enabling domestic investigations to reach out to police forces across the world.

Duties:

Liaise and coordinate domestic matters requiring international support and investigation;

Provide national law enforcement with access to police information in INTERPOL databases;

Monitor, track and coordinate fugitive extradition requests;

Share highly classified intelligence with NCBs and the General Secretariat;

Deliver presentations to domestic law enforcement institutions and the general public on INTERPOL and international crime trends.

In cooperation with local law enforcement, INTERPOL Mbabane regularly coordinates field operations targeting either the illegal trade in protected species or violations of intellectual property rights. Operations result in frequent seizures and arrests.

LYON, France – More than 240 kg of elephant ivory and 856 timber logs have been seized and 660 people arrested during an INTERPOL-coordinated operation combating ivory trafficking and illegal logging across Southern and Eastern Africa.As part of INTERPOL’s Project Wisdom and Project Leaf, the operation jointly targeted ivory smuggling and illegal logging,...

KENYA/ZIMBABWE - An operation across Eastern and Southern Africa targeting a range of cross-border crimes has resulted in the rescue of human trafficking victims, the seizure of drugs, guns and stolen vehicles and the recovery of smuggled goods including ivory and diamonds.Codenamed Usalama – which means ‘safety’ – the operation was led by the Eastern Afr...

LYON, France – INTERPOL’s largest ever transnational operation targeting criminal organizations behind the illegal trafficking of ivory has resulted in more than 200 arrests and the seizure of nearly two tonnes of contraband elephant ivory.The three-month long Operation Worthy, which involved 14 countries across Eastern, Southern and Western Africa also r...

A transnational operation co-ordinated by INTERPOL targeting wildlife crime across southern Africa has resulted in the location and closure of an illegal ivory factory, the seizure of nearly 400 kilos of ivory and rhino horn with a market value of more than one million dollars, as well as the arrest of 41 people.The two-day operation (13-14 May), codename...

LYON, France – Unregistered and illegally sold medical and cosmetic products worth thousands of euros have been seized in a series of operations across Malawi, Swaziland, Zambia and Zimbabwe, co-ordinated by INTERPOL.More than 300 officers from police, customs, drug regulatory authorities, immigration and other agencies took part in Operation Zambezi, whi...